riffel

See also: Riffel

Danish

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riffel

Etymology

Shortened from riffelbøsse (“rifled firearm”), from the verb rifle (“to produce grooves or furrows in something”), ultimately from or related to Proto-West Germanic *rīfilōn (“to scratch, scrape”).

Noun

riffel c (singular definite riflen or riffelen, plural indefinite rifler)

rifle (firearm with a rifled barrel)

Inflection

Declension of riffel

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	riffel	riflen riffelen	rifler	riflerne
genitive	riffels	riflens riffelens	riflers	riflernes

References

“riffel” in Den Danske Ordbog

German

Verb

riffel

inflection of riffeln:
1. first-person singular present
2. singular imperative